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Frederick & Nelson Records, 1901-1991
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Frederick & Nelson
- Title
- Frederick & Nelson Records
- Dates
- 1901-1991 (inclusive)19011991
- Quantity
-
48 boxes , (42 linear feet)
plus oversize materials - Collection Number
- 1993.43
- Summary
- Papers, photographs, scrapbooks, recordings and audio-visual materials from the Frederick & Nelson department store, primarily from the flagship store in Seattle. Photographs includes images of early Frederick & Nelson stores, the downtown Seattle store, and a large number of photographs of Frederick & Nelson window and store displays, including World War II related displays and the annual Santa Claus window.
- Repository
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Museum of History & Industry, Sophie Frye Bass Library
P.O. Box 80816
Seattle, WA
98108
Telephone: 2063241126 x102
library@mohai.org - Access Restrictions
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The collection is open to the public by appointment.
- Languages
- English.
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Historical NoteReturn to Top
Frederick & Nelson was one of Seattle’s foremost department stores and was considered by many to be a Seattle institution. Founded by partners D.E. Frederick and Nels Nelson in 1890 as a second hand furniture store on Seattle’s Front Street, the store expanded steadily in its early years, starting with the sale of new furniture after the acquisition of the Queen City Furniture Co. in 1891. Early on, the store provided home delivery service, using its fleet of horse drawn delivery wagons. Among the store’s early customers were the local Native Americans, prospectors heading to the Yukon and the new hotels which had sprung up to accommodate the prospectors.
The store moved into the Rialto building at 2nd and Madison in 1897; the business gradually developed into a department store under the partners’ philosophy that their store should provide whatever merchandise their customers ask for. By 1906, Frederick & Nelson had annexed more space in the Rialto building, opened its first tearoom and introduced ready-to-wear men’s and women’s fashions, a novel alternative to fine clothing made-to-order.
Founder Nels Nelson fell ill and died on a New York bound steamer in 1907. Under the leadership of D.E. Frederick, Frederick & Nelson continued to grow, and by 1914, D.E. decided to build a six-story store at 5th Avenue and Pine Street. Though detractors referred to the decision to build outside of the city’s retail district as “Frederick’s folly,” the store, designed by architect John Graham, was an instant success. The new store included a tearoom, beauty salon, post office, auditorium, nursery and a fully equipped medical facility. The store also hosted many events, such as the weekly fashion shows staged each Wednesday in the tearoom.
In 1929, at age 69, D.E. Frederick decided to retire, selling the store to Marshall Field & Co. for six million dollars. In spite of the initial concern of its customers about Frederick & Nelson becoming part of a vast retail system, the store continued to grow both as a business and as a Seattle tradition. Marshall Fields executive William Street was hired to run Frederick & Nelson in 1938, and he guided the store through its successful period from the recovery after the Great Depression, through the World War II period, the post-war boom and the store expansion and growth of the 1950s. For example, Frederick & Nelson became involved in the war effort in the 1940s, opening a temporary branch store on the grounds of the Boeing’s No. 2 plant and winning a special merit award for its promotion of war bonds and stamps in the war loan drive. Later, as people began moving to the suburbs after the war, the first of the suburban branches opened in the Bellevue Shopping Square in 1946. After a major renovation, the flagship Seattle store reopened with 10 floors above ground and 12 shopping levels.
Over the years, Frederick & Nelson had supported the local community, for example by promoting the Seattle Symphony with special display windows and its black tie “Symphoneve” benefits. Its auditorium was also used by art groups as well as by civic organizations.
Though the tradition of in-store Christmas caroling by staff began as early as1918, the store tradition of the Santa Claus window at 6th and Pine began in 1943, with children posing with Santa for a holiday photograph.
Business eventually began to decline as discount retailers attracted customers and increasing control by the Marshall Fields inhibited local decision-making. In 1982, Batus, Inc. bought Marshall Fields & Co. and Frederick & Nelson became part of Batus’ retail division. Continuing to lose money, Frederick & Nelson was sold in 1989 to local investors who sought to restore the store’s reputation. Losses continued to mount, however, and the store filed for bankruptcy in 1991, finally closing its doors on May 31, 1992. The building was sold to Nordstrom, which reopened the building as its flagship store in 1998.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The collection is comprised of textual materials, photographs, scrapbooks and audio-visual materials from the Frederick & Nelson department store, primarily the Seattle store. The bulk of the collection seems to have originated from the Sales Promotion department, though the collection also includes materials from the Human Resources and Training departments, Food Service department, and Display and Sign department.
Sales Promotion materials include catalogs and mailers, and files about special events at the store such as autograph parties, fashion shows and other promotional events. This series also contains historical materials about the store which seem to have been collected for use in promotional and anniversary publications over the years, and specifically for use in the Frederick & Nelson centennial book “More than a Store” by Robert Specter. These materials include clippings, memos and ephemera such as menus and event programs.
Food service materials include a collection of menus from the various Frederick & Nelson eating establishments, such as the Tea Room and the Men’s Grill. Human Resources materials include over 70 years of the staff newsletter “Between Ourselves”, and training manuals and sales procedure guides, which illustrate the detailed attention that Frederick & Nelson paid to customer relations.
The Photographs series parallels the textual materials, containing photographs of in-store events such as book signings and fashion shows, and store anniversary events. Historical photos include images of store founders D.E. Frederick and Nels Nelson, and store executives, managers and staff over the years. Other photographs document the early Frederick & Nelson store, including the store in the Rialto building, and horse drawn delivery carts and delivery trucks from the early 1900s. Later store photos document the downtown Seattle flagship store as well as the several branch stores, including store openings and the remodel of the Seattle store in the early 1950s. The photographs also document interior store displays and window displays between 1939 and 1977, including the annual Christmas display and Santa Claus windows, and special displays such as the many war bonds promotional displays of the mid-1940s.
Audio-visual materials include recordings of radio and television ads, videotapes of fashion shows and films of Uncle Mistletoe puppet shows at the store in the 1960s.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
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Restrictions on Use
The Museum of History & Industry is the owner of the materials in the Sophie Frye Bass Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from MOHAI before any reproduction use. The museum does not necessarily hold copyright to all of the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from the copyright owners.
Preferred Citation
Frederick & Nelson Records, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into the following series and subseries. Many subseries are further arranged into subdivisions in the complete inventory. Materials within series and subseries are arranged roughly chronologically.
- Series 1: Human Resources and Training Department
- Subseries A: Staff newsletters
- Subseries B: Staff training manuals
- Subseries C: Other staff manuals and employment related papers
- Series 2: Food Service
- Subseries A: Menus
- Subseries B: Other materials
- Series 3: Marketing and Sales Promotion Department
- Subseries A: Advertising
- Subseries B: Marketing
- Subseries C: Special Events
- Subseries D: Miscellaneous publicity files
- Subseries E: Historical Materials
- Series 4: Display and Sign Departments
- Series 5: Photographs
- Subseries A: Historical photographs
- Subseries B: Publicity photographs
- Subseries C: "Between Ourselves" photographs
- Subseries D: Centennial Book
- Subseries E: Display
- Series 6: Audiovisual materials
- Subseries A: Videotape
- Subseries B: Audiotape
- Subseries C: Film (16mm)
- Subseries D: Phonograph records
- Series 7: Scrapbooks
Location of Collection
14a.1.10Location of Collection
14a.2.2-10Location of Collection
14a.3.2-8Location of Collection
14a.3.10Location of Collection
5A.3.3 and .5 (16 mm films)Acquisition Information
Donated by the Sabey Companies in 1993
Processing Note
Processed by Jackie Lawson in 1994, Jennifer Evans in 1996, and Jody Hendrickson in 2006.
At the time of the final processing of the collection, it was not clear how much of the arrangement was the result of original order and how much had been imposed during previous processing. Materials were arranged according to department of origin, to the extent that this could be discerned.
Three items donated by Robert Spector in 2014 (Accession 2014.55) were added to the collection in 2015. Robert Spector is the author of the Frederick & Nelson centennial book "More than a store: Frederick & Nelson, 1890 to 1990."
Separated Materials
These materials are part of a donation that also included a number of artifacts. These artifacts are cataloged and stored separately by MOHAI's Collections Department.
Bibliography
Specter, Robert. More than a store: Frederick & Nelson, 1890 to 1990. Bellevue, Wash. Documentary Book Publishers Corp., 1990.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Series 1: Human Resources and Training Departments Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Subseries A: Staff newsletters
The Frederick & Nelson monthly staff newsletter "Between Ourselves" changed its name to "First" in
1986.
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Box | Folder | ||
1 | 1-12 | "Between Ourselves" |
1918-1978 |
2 | 1-2 | "Between Ourselves" |
1979-1986 |
2 | 3-5 | "First" |
1986-1991 |
2 | 6-7 | Correspondence about "First" and proofs |
1986-1991 |
Subseries B: Staff training manuals |
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Box | Folder | ||
2 | 8 | "Store Procedure" booklets |
1929-1942 |
2 | 9-10 | "System book" booklets (called "Floor Audit System Book" after 1960)
|
1929-1972 |
2 | 11 | Pamphlets on selling principles and standards |
undated |
2 | 12 | Merchandise directory; store information for summer visitors
|
1933-1935 |
2 | 13 | Employee manuals by department
4"x6" booklets for each employee position with directions about personal and departmental appearance,
customer contact and descriptions of general responsibilities and particular duties.
|
1938-1969 |
2 | 14 | The Frederick and Nelson Way (general
employee manual) |
1943-1990 |
2 | 15 | Frederick and Nelson and You |
circa 1944 |
2 | 16 | Guide to writing business letters |
circa 1945 |
2 | 18 | Manual for Secretaries and Stenographers |
1946 |
2 | 19 | Manual of Sales Promotion Policies and Procedures guidelines for Sales
Associate productivity reviews |
1951; undated |
3 | 1 | Recruitment manual "Your career at Frederick and Nelson" |
before 1965 |
3 | 2 | Guide to Good Leadership; leadership
review |
1948; 1965 |
3 | 3 | Procedure for Catalog Orders |
1970 October |
3 | 4-6 | Electronic Sales Register System Book |
1979 |
3 | 7-10 | Personnel policies and procedures |
circa 1980s |
3 | 11 | "Welcome to Frederick & Nelson," new employee brochure |
1985 September |
3 | 12-15 | Selling floor procedures |
circa 1987 |
3 | 16 | Associate training packet |
circa 1990 |
3 | 17 | "Professional Representative of Service Training" |
1990 |
3 | 18 | "Training for our Future" training program |
1990 |
3 | 19-22 | Management training program |
1990 |
3 | 23 | "Reshaping the Present: Assessing our most valuable asset" |
1991 February |
3 | 24 | Holiday guide for staff |
1991 |
3 | 25 | The Leadership Corps |
1991 |
3 | 26 | Preparing for the next step: job strategies that
work from Outplacement services |
1991 |
Subseries C: Other staff manuals and employment related papers |
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Box | Folder | ||
3 | 27 | Frederick & Nelson telephone directories |
1972-1981 |
3 | 28 | Frederick & Nelson management and organization directories
|
1969-1988 |
3 | 29 | Daycare and Preschool Policies and Procedures Handbook |
undated |
3 | 30 | Employee insurance plan descriptions |
1978-1981 |
3 | 31 | Metro pass subsidy program correspondence and brochure |
1981 |
3 | 32 | Labor agreement |
1984 |
3 | 33 | Miscellaneous memos to staff from personnel office |
1989 |
3 | 34 | "Certification of Appreciation & Empowerment" |
circa 1990 |
3 | 35 | Frederick & Nelson Employee Survey
results prepared by Elway Research |
1990 March |
3 | 36 | Miscellaneous employee and administrative papers |
undated |
box:oversize | |||
48 | Employee poster "The Creation of Value" |
Series 2: Food Service Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Subseries A: Menus |
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Menus by establishment |
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Box | Folder | ||
4 | 1 | Arcade Café |
1982-1983 |
4 | 2 | The Azalea Room (Aurora Village store) |
circa 1960s |
4 | 3 | Café Fredericks |
1976 |
4 | 4 | Caffetto Café |
1980s |
4 | 5 | Deli Buffet |
1985 |
4 | 6 | Frango Restaurant |
1980s |
4 | 7-11 | 1970-1983 | |
4 | 12 | Garden Room |
circa 1969 |
4 | 13 | The Greenery |
1983; 1895; undated |
4 | 14 | The Grill |
1986 |
4 | 15 | L'Express |
1982-1990 |
4 | 16 | Men's Grill |
1963;undated |
4 | 17-19, 21-26 | 1940; 1970s | |
4 | 27 | Perkins Pub (Portland, Oregon) |
1985 |
4 | 28-39 | 1927-1969 | |
46 | Oversize menus |
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Menus by type |
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Box | Folder | ||
4 | 40 | Beverage |
undated |
4 | 41 | Breakfast/brunch |
1970s-1980s |
4 | 42 | Children's |
undated |
4 | 43 | Dessert |
undated |
4 | 20 | 1940s | |
4 | 44 | Specials |
1969-1972; undated |
Themed menus |
undated | ||
Box | Folder | ||
4 | 45 | Fruit festivals |
|
4 | 46-47 | Holiday menus |
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4 | 48-51 | National and regional menus |
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4 | 52 | "Seafare" menu |
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Subseries B: Other materials |
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Box | Folder | ||
4 | 53 | Paul Bunyan Room non-menu item list; preparation guidelines
|
1974-1980 |
4 | 54-55 | Tea Room special events programs |
1947-1957 |
4 | 56 | Tea Room pamphlet |
circa 1952 |
4 | 57 | Frederick and Nelson Restaurant discount card |
undated |
4 | 58-65 | Rene Ferterer's menu planning files containing menus with notes
|
undated |
Series 3: Marketing & Sales Promotion Department Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Subseries A: Advertising |
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Box | |||
5 | Frederick & Nelson catalogs |
1940-1972 | |
6 | Frederick & Nelson catalogs |
1973-1979 | |
7 | Frederick & Nelson catalogs |
1980-1982 | |
8 | Frederick & Nelson catalogs |
1983-1985 | |
9 | Frederick & Nelson catalogs |
1986-1991 | |
Folder | |||
10 | 1-2 | Frederick & Nelson catalogs |
undated |
10 | 3-5 | Advertisements
Mostly newspaper clippings of Frederick and Nelson advertisements. Includes theater programs and a
typewritten description of Frederick and Nelson newspaper ad campaigns between 1892-1918.
|
1913-1990 |
10 | 6 | Advertising proofs |
1958-1969 |
10 | 7 | Correspondence and proofs for advertising in University of Washington
publications |
1961-1966 |
10 | 8 | Original artwork and paste ups for Christmas and Easter advertising
|
undated |
10 | 9 | Press release about Milkmaid Beauty Clinic |
undated |
10 | 10-12 | Catalog costs and sales figures |
1951-1965 |
10 | 13 | Christmas catalog-blank vendor agreement and copy information forms
|
1958 |
10 | 14 | Sales figures for "Uncle Mistletoe" flyer figures |
1958 |
10 | 15 | Advertising copy for High School Shop mailer and Back-to-School Booklet
|
circa 1960s |
10 | 16 | Timber Operator magazine ad for book by
Stewart Holbrook |
1961 |
10 | 17 | World's Fair campaign |
1962 |
10 | 18 | Quotes for printing services for mailers and catalogs |
1963-1968 |
11 | 1 | Correspondence on production of "January Beauty Buys" advertising
mailer |
1962-1964 |
11 | 2 | Correspondence on production of "Sale of sales" advertising
mailer |
1963 |
11 | 3 | New Yorker magazine ads |
1963 |
11 | 4 | White Sale catalog
Correspondence on production of the annual White Sale catalog. Also includes sales figures and sales
estimates.
|
1963-1970 |
11 | 5 | Correspondence and proofs: Christmas catalog |
1964-1965 |
11 | 6 | Correspondence and proofs: Pre-Christmas mailers and enclosures
|
1964-1967 |
11 | 7 | Correspondence on Christmas postcards |
1964-1967 |
11 | 8 | Ski School brochures |
1965-1978 |
11 | 9 | Correspondence on lending library book jackets |
1966 |
11 | 10 | Advertisements in American Camping Association camp directory
Correspondences and copies of directories
|
1966-1968 |
11 | 11 | Christmas catalogs
Correspondence, production schedule, estimates
|
1964-1969 |
11 | 12 | Direct mail information, including correspondence and receipts for bulk
mailings using permit imprint |
1964-1970 |
11 | 13 | Direct mail costs, sales figures, advertising records and analyses of
performance |
1981-1986 |
11 | 14 | Correspondence and proofs: television warranty |
1970 |
11 | 15 | "Cookin' in Style" sales campaign |
1982 |
11 | 16 | Examples of packaging from Frango products |
1986 March |
11 | 17 | Miscellaneous correspondence and price lists |
1965-1970 |
11 | 18 | Internal sales promotion |
1981 December |
11 | 19 | 92nd anniversary advertising strategy |
1982 |
11 | 20 | "Downtown Seattle" volume of downtown store advertisements |
1988 |
11 | 21 | Christmas catalog sales analysis by Manus Direct Response Marketing
|
1989 |
11 | 22 | "Uncle Mistletoe" and "Fearless Freddy" characters, original artwork
and proofs for ads |
undated |
11 | 23 | "Freddy Bear" promotion
Press releases, correspondence, schedules, public relations plan
|
1987-1988 |
11 | 24 | Direct mail samples and miscellaneous fliers |
1980s-1991 |
11 | 25 | "Focus," weekly department newsletter |
1990 April |
box:oversize | |||
46 | Layout and negative for Frango ad oversize
|
undated | |
48 | Artwork for ad with Husky football team and Uncle Mistletoe
|
undated | |
48 | Posters
Fur Care Program, "You're First," holiday meal service, Christmas, Frango, Santa photos, Junior
Seahawks Club, Garden Gazebo, Frederick & Nelson's credit card and the Frederick & Nelson Dick Tracy Look-alike
contest.
|
undated | |
48 | Stand-up advertisement for fur coats |
undated | |
Subseries B: Marketing |
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Box | Folder | ||
11 | 26 | Marketing reports
Competitive analyses, market analyses and income and spending estimates; recommendations for Oregon
store
|
circa 1980s |
11 | 27 | Marketing reports
Tri-cities Market Analysis, Western Washington shopping Center comparisons, Seattle downtown Shoppers'
survey summary; Batus, Inc.1983 Annual Report; data on store opening dates and square footage
|
1980-1983 |
11 | 28 | Marketing report prepared by Komo/Katu Market Audits |
1991 March |
Subseries C: Special Events
Folders include press releases, plans and clippings as well as promotional materials and publicity
photographs received by Frederick & Nelson for the event. Photographs documenting many of these events are in the
"Historical materials" subseries of the "Photographs" series under "Events and Promotions."
|
1946-1980 | ||
Box | Folder | ||
12 | 1 | DuBarry Success School |
1946 June |
12 | 2 | Esther Dorothy show |
1946 August |
12 | 3 | Northwest Watercolor Society Exhibition |
1954-1961 |
12 | 4 | Navy Exhibit and Luncheon during August open house |
1957-1969 |
12 | 5 | Miss America fashion shows |
1957-1968 |
12 | 6 | Easter Bunny breakfasts |
1957-1963 |
12 | 7 | J.O.G. Fashion show |
1957-1967 |
12 | 8 | Boeing's dinner and fashion show |
1957 September 7 |
12 | 9 | Armed Forces Exhibition |
1958 August 1-11 |
12 | 10 | Kobe Children's Art Festival |
1958 August 13-23 |
12 | 11 | Home Economics teachers' dessert |
1958 September 29 |
12 | 12 | Victor Borge personal appearance |
1959 March 21 |
12 | 13 | "Pappy" Boyington autograph party |
1959 May 27 |
12 | 14 | Shirley Temple personal visit |
1960 March 26 |
12 | 15 | Personal appearance of two Seattle Rainier ballplayers |
1960 August 15 |
12 | 16 | Murray Morgan autograph party |
1960, 1962, 1967 |
12 | 17 | Boeing week, featuring Western airlines' 707 jets |
1960 May-June |
12 | 18 | Cake decorating contest as part of Boeing week |
1960 May 25-28 |
12 | 19 | Automated broadcast KGMJ-FM, Window #3 |
1961 February 20-27 |
12 | 20 | Pacific Northwest Writers" Conference Book Fair & Tea |
1958-1961 |
12 | 21 | Navy Yard sketch trip paintings |
1961 July 28-August 7 |
12 | 22 | Annual Spring teenage charm course |
1962 |
12 | 23 | Richard Nixon autograph party |
1962 August 10 |
12 | 24 | "For More Than Bread" exhibit |
1963 May 23-June 8 |
12 | 25 | Puget Soundings magazine |
1964 |
12 | 26 | James Michener autograph party |
1965 September |
12 | 27 | Champagne opening of the art gallery |
1965 September 1965 |
12 | 28 | Marguerite Henry autograph party |
1965 November 5-6 |
12 | 29 | Revised plan for Lena Horne autograph party |
1966 February |
12 | 30 | The Wonderful World of Celanese |
1962; 1966 |
12 | 31 | Champagne brunch and fashion show in honor of the Boeing Company's 50th
anniversary |
1966 July 16 |
12 | 32 | Southcenter opening ceremonies |
1968 July 30-31 |
12 | 33 | Ruth Kirk autograph Part |
1968 June 15-16 |
12 | 34 | Seattle fashion group shows |
1969 February 13 |
12 | 35 | Ikenobo School flower arrangement |
1969 April 11-12 |
12 | 36 | Gift advisory shop opening |
1970 November 27 |
12 | 37 | Henry Gallery benefit |
1971 March 3 |
12 | 38 | Walter Hickel autograph party |
1971 November 5 |
12 | 39 | 1971 November 16; 1974 March 15 | |
12 | 40 | Museum of History & Industry fashion show |
1971 December 10 |
12 | 41 | Children's Orthopedic Hospital designer shows |
1971-1973 |
12 | 42 | Seattle Art Museum benefit |
1972 March 9 |
12 | 43 | Campfire Girls Horizon Club fashion show |
1972 May 13 |
12 | 44 | Oswald Jacoby personal appearance |
1973 May 14 |
12 | 45 | Victor Steinbrueck autograph party |
1973 December 5 |
12 | 46 | Puget Sound group of Northwest painters |
1974 July 1-31 |
12 | 47 | George Newell autograph party |
1974 August 12 |
12 | 48 | 1972 October 21 | |
12 | 49 | The Good Cooking School at F & N |
1974 September-October |
12 | 50 | Justice William O. Douglas autograph party |
1974 September 26 |
12 | 51 | Buster Brown memorabilia exhibit |
1975 January |
12 | 52 | Bob Hope autograph party |
1975 February 24 |
12 | 53 | Intermediate sewing classes |
1975 September |
12 | 54 | Tom Robbins autograph party |
1976 April |
12 | 55 | Peter Schickele autograph party |
1976 June 7 |
12 | 56 | Joan Roberts Taylor Guild of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
fashion show |
1976 November 13 |
12 | 57 | Bob and Ira Spring autograph party |
1976 December 10 |
12 | 58 | Easter Fashion for Children |
1977 March |
12 | 59 | "Meet the author" Willard R. Espy "Oysterville" autograph party
|
1977 May 3 |
12 | 60 | Mama D's autographing and cooking demonstration |
1977 November 19 |
12 | 61 | Boehm porcelain King Tutankhamen collection |
1977 December |
12 | 62 | Preliminary plan, International fashion show benefit for Pacific
Northwest Ballet League |
1978 February 21 |
12 | 63 | Easter Bunny breakfasts |
1978 March |
12 | 64 | Bill Speidel autograph party |
1978 October 30 |
12 | 65 | Charlton Heston "Meet the Author" |
1978 November 30 |
12 | 66 | Cinnamon Bear |
1979 May |
12 | 67 | Women painters of Washington |
1978 |
12 | 68 | Imagination celebration |
1979 May 114-20 |
12 | 69 | Fifth annual downtown Seattle bed race |
1979 August 25 |
12 | 70 | "Focus on Oregon", OMSI benefit opening, downtown Portland store
|
1979 September 19 |
12 | 71 | Third floor opening |
1979 October 10 |
12 | 72 | Capital (Olympia) Mall grand opening |
1980 March |
12 | 73 | Preliminary plan for Tacoma Art Museum benefit fashion show
|
1980 March 25 |
12 | 74 | Allessandro personal appearance, designer of Baker furniture
|
1980 March-April |
12 | 75 | Preliminary plan for International fashion show benefit preview,
Pacific Northwest Dance Ballet League |
1980 March 3 |
12 | 76 | Easter Bunny breakfasts |
1980 March-April |
12 | 77 | Artists in action |
1980 April |
12 | 78 | "Celebrity Tables," Pacific Northwest Ballet |
1980 May |
12 | 79 | Everett Mall grand opening |
1980 August 1 |
12 | 80 | Penhaligon's Fragrance Promotion |
1980 September |
12 | 81 | Merv Griffin personal appearance |
1980 October |
12 | 82 | Robert Goulet personal appearance |
1980 November 25 |
13 | 1 | "The Heart Beats" jump rope demonstration, Everett |
1981 January 24 |
13 | 2 | Seattle Art Museum benefit |
1981 March 2 |
13 | 3 | Seattle Repertory Theatre |
1981 March 20 |
13 | 4 | Seattle Symphony Fundathon |
1981 March 20-22 |
13 | 5 | Seattle Opera Makeup Artists Demonstration ("Ring of the Nibelung"
promotion) |
1981 June |
13 | 6 | Best of Britain |
1981 October |
13 | 7 | Children's Orthopedic Hospital Benefit |
1982 February 22 |
13 | 7b | Special events schedule for Washington stores |
1982 February 22 - March 13 |
13 | 8 | New Bellevue Square store |
1982 Fall |
13 | 9 | Strawberry celebration |
1983 June |
13 | 10 | Strawberry celebration slides |
1983 June 18 |
13 | 11 | American Tourister Gorilla |
1983 November 16 |
13 | 12 | Easter Bunny breakfast |
1985 March, April |
13 | 13 | Bridal event |
1986 |
13 | 14 | Expo 86 |
1986 |
13 | 15 | August Fashion workshop |
1989 August |
13 | 16-17 | Goodwill games |
1990 |
13 | 18 | Textiles presentation |
1991 |
Subseries D: Other publicity files |
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Box | Folder | ||
14 | 1 | Wedding Embassy Yearbook, guide to
wedding planning published by Frederick & Nelson |
1952; 1968 |
14 | 2 | Wedding planning guides and "Bridal Fair" programs |
1988-1992 |
14 | 3-8 | Fashion show programs |
1955-1990 |
14 | 9 | Fashion show invitations and announcements |
circa 1970-1990 |
14 | 10 | Frango fan club membership information and newsletters |
1986 |
14 | 11 | Press kits about Bellevue store and Arcade openings |
1981-1983 |
14 | 12-13 | Samples of corporate letterhead, envelopes and forms |
|
15 | "Memories" campaign
Eight folders of letters sent to Frederick & Nelson from customers as part of the "Memories"
advertising campaign. The store received over 2500 responses to its request for letters about customers' Frederick
& Nelson memories. The campaign took place before Christmas in the first year that the Store was back under local
ownership.
|
1986 | |
Subseries E: Historical Materials
Historical materials appear to have been held by the Sales Promotion Department for use in promotional
publications and anniversary materials. Many of the materials in this subseries appear to have been collected or
solicited in preparation for the Store's 100th anniversary events and for potential use in the Frederick & Nelson
centennial book, written by Robert Spector, More Than a Store.
Photographs found with the historical materials were separated and arranged into a subseries in the
"Photographs" series.
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Box | Folder | ||
16 | 1 | Miscellaneous: catalogs, guides, training manuals, merchandise coupons,
correspondence and other materials |
1901-1948; 1963; 1979; 1988 |
16 | 2 | Ledger book
Record of purchases and sales of horses, wagons, harnesses, whips, automobiles, motorcycles and
trunks.
|
circa 1907-1933 |
16 | 3 | Programs for long time service dinners |
1918-1922 |
16 | 4 | Marshall Fields & Company employee manual |
1927 |
16 | 5 | Newspaper clippings |
1933-1968 |
16 | 6 | Clippings about store expansion |
1946-1949 |
16 | 7 | Postcards |
|
16 | 8 | Financial statements for sales to Norris Safe Lock Co. |
1904-1914 |
16 | 9 | Frederick & Nelson Choral Society |
1919-1931 |
16 | 10 | Buyer's manual |
1930 October |
16 | 11 | 50th anniversary: memos, banquet program, speeches and other materials
|
1940 |
16 | 12 | Letter to Seattle Times editor from James G. Mecham clarifying
historical information |
1940 April 16 |
16 | 13 | Marshall Fields & Co.
Historical article and clippings
|
1940s |
16 | 14 | Standard Oil Co. presentation of scenic photographs |
1941 May |
16 | 15 | War Bonds promotion |
1944 |
16 | 16 | Booklet "On Being a Supervisor" from a group of talks given by Reginald
H. Biggs |
1945 |
16 | 17 | Retirement dinner programs |
1946 |
16 | 18 | Store expansion
Press releases, clippings and other material
|
1946 |
16 | 18b | Correspondence about electrical sign for Bellevue store |
1946 |
16 | 19 | Thirty Year group
Luncheon programs, member lists
|
1948-1961 |
16 | 20 | Symphoneve programs |
1950-1951 |
16 | 21 | 60th anniversary: plans, programs, clippings and promotional materials
|
1950 |
16 | 22 | Bell Telephone publication on telephone shopping |
1950s |
16 | 23 | Parking garage
Memos, plans, blueprints and publicity
|
1950s |
16 | 24 | Grand opening
Store guidebooks and directories
|
1952 August |
17 | Town and Country magazine Frederick & Nelson edition |
1952 August | |
Folder | |||
16 | 25 | Christmas play scripts |
1954; undated |
box:oversize | |||
46 | Certificate from National Association of Radio and Television
broadcasters for sponsorship of Frederick & Nelson Concert Hour |
1956 | |
Box | Folder | ||
16 | 26 | Fliers and pamphlet for Seattle World's Fair |
1962 |
16 | 27 | Aurora Village groundbreaking and store opening |
1962-1963 |
16 | 28 | Opening of Bellevue store
Clippings and floor plans
|
1964 |
16 | 29 | 75th Anniversary
Notes and clippings
|
1965 |
16 | 30 | "Between Ourselves" materials |
1940-1978 |
16 | 31 | "Between Ourselves" materials |
1980-1982 |
16 | 32 | Annual Northwest Suppliers Breakfast plans and programs |
1952-1982 |
16 | 33 | Tukwila Distribution Center
Memos, clippings and other materials
|
1968-1969 |
16 | 34 | Letters to Santa |
1975-1976 |
16 | 34b | Marshall Field & Co. annual report |
1975 |
16 | 35 | Executive background materials |
1968-1970 |
16 | 36 | Press releases regarding G. Arthur Henkens, C.E.O. |
1978-1981 |
16 | 37 | Press releases regarding Wayne Badovinus, C.E.O. and Badovinus' first
monthly meeting notes |
1981 |
16 | 38 | Press releases regarding executives |
1979-1990 |
16 | 39 | Lipmans Store acquisition
Clippings and memos
|
1979 |
16 | 40 | Third Floor opening
Clippings, menus and press releases
|
1979 November |
16 | 41 | Batus/Marshall Field and Co. merger
Clippings and press releases
|
1982 |
17 | 1 | 97th Anniversary
Chronology, history, fact sheets
|
1987 |
17 | 2 | Lakewood Mall store opening
Blueprint, publicity, menus
|
1989 |
17 | 3-4 | 100th anniversary celebration.
Memos, clippings and correspondence regarding memorabilia collected for Centennial
|
1990 |
17 | 5 | Correspondence about opportunities for commemorative merchandise
|
1990 |
17 | 6 | 100th anniversary exhibits.
Inventories and correspondence
|
1990 |
17 | 7 | Materials gathered in preparation for 100th anniversary
Clippings, letters, previous anniversary materials
|
1903-1970s |
17 | 8 | Memorabilia collected for centennial |
1990 |
17 | 9 | 100th anniversary event memorabilia |
1990 |
17 | 10 | Store history narratives |
1940s-1980s |
17 | 11 | Correspondence about book More than a
Store by Robert Spector |
1990 |
17 | 12 | Clippings |
1990 |
17 | 13 | Definitions of Chapter 11 proceedings terms and sequence of events
|
1992 |
17 | 14 | "Greetings from Seattle," picture booklet for business associates of
Frederick and Nelson |
|
17 | 15-16 | Wanda Ashley files.
2 folders of memorabilia which seem to have been saved by Training manager (?) Wanda Ashley. Includes
Ashley's long-time service and other awards and personalized luncheon programs among other materials. Photographs were
removed and placed in the "Photographs" series.
|
|
17 | Washington State Centennial Cookbook
Sponsored by Frederick & Nelson
|
1989 | |
17 | Animal Alphabet
Sponsored by Frederick & Nelson
|
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18 | Box of unsorted newspaper clippings from Public Relations office
|
1910s-1990 |
Series 4: Display and Sign Departments Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Box | Folder | ||
19 | 1 | Correspondence of Joe Sjursen, Display Director |
1946-1948 |
19 | 2 | Correspondence of Joe Sjursen, Display Director, with the International
Association of Display. |
1946-1947 |
19 | 3-6 | Correspondence, memos, bulletins and plans regarding exhibits
|
1946 |
19 | 7 | Christmas display plans |
1946 |
19 | 8 | Window schedule for store opening |
1952 |
19 | 9 | Christmas display plans Photographs and blueprint
|
1952 |
19 | 10-13 | Merchandise presentation standards and guidelines |
undated |
19 | 14 | Signing standards and guidelines |
undated |
19 | 15 | Examples of signatures of Frederick & Nelson executives |
undated |
19 | 16 | Announcement of appointment of Douglas Lemens Vie as President of Visual
Presentation |
1990 |
19 | 17 | Miscellaneous papers |
circa 1950s |
unboxed | Plans and renderings of display racks and showcases oversize
|
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box:oversize | |||
46 | Modern Display annual awards issue |
1955 | |
Box | Folder | ||
19 | 18 | Examples of Frederick & Nelson trademarks |
1950s |
19 | 19 | Sign shop
Artwork for signs
|
circa 1951 |
19 | 20 | Christmas
Artwork and proofs
|
1954 |
19 | 21 | October promotions |
1954 |
19 | 22 | Christmas |
1956 |
19 | 23 | Easter
Artwork and proofs
|
circa 1950 |
19 | 24 | Type proofs from Printasign Company |
1954 |
19 | 25-28 | Sign samples |
circa 1950s-1980s |
19 | 29 | Photographs mounted on cardboard with stand up foldout for display
Harold Mansfield, John Edwards of ABC, the University of Washington crew team and student portraits
|
Series 5: Photographs Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Subseries A: Historical Photos |
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People |
|||
Executives |
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Box | Folder | ||
20 | 1 | Founders D.E. Frederick and Nels Nelson.
Includes photograph of D.E. Frederick with store owners at 1927 meeting of Retail Research
Association.
|
late 19th century-1927 |
box:oversize | |||
45 | William St. Clair |
circa 1925 | |
Box | Folder | ||
20 | 2 | William Street |
1930s |
20 | 3 | William Street with others |
1949-1950s |
20 | 4 | Hector Escoboja |
1938; undated |
20 | 5 | Stanley Field |
1949 |
20 | 6 | Jasper Utz |
undated |
20 | 7 | Cornelius Byrne |
1950s-1960s |
20 | 8 | Executives
Eric Krogh, David Davidson, Myron Law
|
|
20 | 8b | James Palmer |
undated |
20 | 9 | Robert L. Paterson |
1970s |
20 | 10 | G. Arthur Henken |
1978; undated |
20 | 11 | Wayne L. Badovinus |
1981 |
20 | 12 | Richard Ray |
circa 1980 |
20 | 13 | Donald Midkiff |
circa 1985 |
20 | 14 | David Sabey |
circa 1989 |
20 | 15 | Executives with Marshall Field & Co. Board of Directors at
first board meeting in Seattle |
1949 |
20 | 16 | Executives at Annual Northwest Suppliers' Breakfast |
1969; undated |
20 | 17 | Executives at events.
Photographs which prominently feature executives at meetings, banquets, awards ceremonies, ribbon
cuttings and other events
|
circa 1940s-1960s |
unboxed | Black and white portraits of executives mounted on plywood for
display: Cornelius Byrne, Myron Law, Roy Leighton, Mr. Ross, M.L. "Len" Storhow, William Street, Jack Utz oversize
|
||
Managers |
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Box | Folder | ||
20 | 18 | Roy Leighton, personnel manager |
circa 1950s-1960s |
20 | 19 | Lex McAtee, advertising manager |
circa 1950s |
20 | 20 | Anita McAtee, merchandise manager |
circa 1950s |
20 | 21 | Anita McAtee with Hubert Givenchy at airport |
|
20 | 22 | Joseph Sjursen, display manager |
1957; 1972; undated |
20 | 23 | Managers
15 photographs of store managers mounted on cardboard and labeled with name and title
|
1950s |
Staff |
|||
Box | Folder | ||
20 | 24 | Staff |
early 1900s |
20 | 25 | Sidney H. Clemens.
Clemens ("Clem") is thought to be Frederick & Nelson's first employee.
|
1940s, undated |
47 | William Street and Governor Langlie with Sidney H.
Clemens |
undated | |
Folder | |||
20 | 26 | Staff sports teams |
1904-1960s |
20 | 27 | undated | |
20 | 28 | Frederick & Nelson chorus |
circa 1940s-1950s |
20 | 29 | Various employees receiving "Shipshape Week" award |
1956; 1978 |
20 | 30 | Operators taking "telephone shopping" orders |
circa 1950s |
20 | 31 |
Staff at work
Individuals and groups of staff members at work in various non-sales jobs, such as food service
staff, switchboard operators, printers, seamstresses and warehouse staff.
|
circa 1950s-1960s |
20 | 32 | Staff
Miscellaneous photos probably of staff. Includes large groups, meetings, training sessions and
awards presentation.
|
circa 1930s-1960s |
20 | 33 | Staff members
Some individuals identified on verso; others are probably staff but not identified as such
|
circa 1970s-1980s |
20 | 34 | Staff working in store 10 contact sheets
|
1981 February 5 |
20 | 35 | Staff making chocolates Color snapshots
|
1984-1985 |
20 | 36 | Staff identification cards |
|
20 | 37 | Wanda Ashley photographs
Photographs removed from box of materials collected by Wanda Ashley of the Training Department.
Includes images of Ashley with others at long-term service luncheons, at a Sponsors' breakfast and posed with other
staff in store.
|
1940s-1960s |
Stores |
|||
Historic background and early stores |
1872-1930s | ||
Box | Folder | ||
20 | 38 | Historical Seattle photographs
Aftermath of great fire; retail district on Second Avenue in 1914; and parades, including Fourth
of July parade in 1872
|
1872-early 1900s |
box:oversize | |||
45 | Historical Seattle photographs
Eddie Hubbard and plane for first international air mail flight.
|
1917 | |
Early stores |
|||
Box | Folder | ||
20 | 39 | Frederick, Nelson & Munro float in Seattle parade
|
1890 |
20 | 39 | D.E. Frederick and others in front of City Furniture building
|
1891 |
20 | 39 | D.E. Frederick and Nels Nelson in front of store |
1892 |
20 | 39 | Frederick & Nelson in the Rialto building |
circa 1900-1918 |
box:oversize | |||
45 | Frederick & Nelson store in Rialto building, decorated for
Potlatch celebration |
1912 | |
45 | Frederick & Nelson store in Rialto building, furniture
department |
circa 1910 | |
45 | Frederick & Nelson store in Rialto building, fur
department |
ca. 1900 | |
Box | |||
47 | Tea room staff |
1919 | |
47 | |||
Box | Folder | ||
20 | 40 | Frederick & Nelson store exteriors 35mm slides
|
1890-1918; 1983 |
Horse drawn delivery carts and early delivery trucks |
early 1900s-1930s | ||
Box | Folder | ||
20 | 41 | Driver William Jones with horse drawn cart |
early 1900s |
20 | 41 | Driver William Jones with delivery truck |
1916 |
20 | 41 | D.E. Frederick driving horse-drawn delivery cart |
early 1900s |
20 | 41 | Pat Brennan delivering packages in Hoquiam during 1933 flood
|
1933 |
20 | 41 | "The Club Stable" where horse and wagon teams were kept
|
early 1900s |
20 | 41 | early 1900s | |
20 | 41 | Horse team "Bess and Bell," driven by William Edward
Jones |
early 1900s |
box:oversize | |||
47 | Four horse team and cart |
early 1900s | |
Box | Folder | ||
20 | 42 |
Men posed near delivery truck outside 5th and Pine store on moving
day.
Frederick & Nelson employees moved all the merchandise from the Rialto building store to the
new store at 5th and Pine.
|
1918 |
Folder | |||
45 | Frederick & Nelson trucks making deliveries after Aberdeen
flood 4 photographs
|
1933 | |
Box | Folder | ||
20 | 43 | Wrecking of the Rialto buildingundated |
|
Store buildings |
1952-1980s | ||
Box | Folder | ||
20 | 44 | Downtown Seattle building at 5th and Pine |
before 1952 |
20 | 45 | Remodel of building at 5th and Pine |
1950-1952 |
20 | 46 | Exterior of downtown Seattle building after 1952 remodel
|
1950s-1980s |
20 | 47 | Bellevue store exteriors |
circa 1946-1960s |
box:oversize | |||
45 | Aerial views of various store 16 photographs
|
circa 1946-1960s | |
Box | Folder | ||
20 | 48 | Bellevue store interiors |
undated |
20 | 49 | Parking garage |
1950s |
20 | 50 | Roof garden for staff members |
1950s |
20 | 51 | circa 1962 | |
20 | 52 | Streets and buildings near downtown store and parking garage
|
circa 1952 |
20 | 53 | William Street presenting plans for new Bellevue Square store
|
circa 1955 |
20 | 54 | Aurora Village store |
1963 |
20 | 55 | Southcenter store |
circa 1968 |
20 | 56 | Distribution Center in Tukwila |
circa 1970s |
20 | 57 | Service buildings |
circa 1950-1960 |
20 | 58 | Loading area with roll up doors |
undated |
20 | 59-60 | Branch store exteriors
Aurora Village, Capital Mall, Southcenter, Bellevue Square, Everett Mall, Villa Plaza,
Distribution Center, Tacoma Mall.
Includes some color transparencies and drawings.
|
circa 1960s-1980s |
box:oversize | |||
45 | Branch store exteriors |
circa 1960s-1980s | |
Box | Folder | ||
20 | 61 | Telephone shopping service storefront in Bellingham |
undated |
20 | 62 | Other department store exteriors
Halle Bros., The Crescent, Marshall Field & Co.
|
undated |
Store openings |
|||
Box | Folder | ||
20 | 63 | Bellevue store opening |
1946 |
20 | 64 | 1952 August 4 | |
20 | 65 | Bellevue store opening |
1956 August |
20 | 66 | Aurora Village store groundbreaking and opening |
1962; 1963 July |
20 | 67 | Bellevue store opening after remodel |
1964 July |
20 | 68 | Southcenter store opening |
1968 |
Interiors and display
Photographs of store interiors, particular store displays and store windows. These photographs are
similar in type to the photographs in the “Display” subseries. Photographs which were stamped with the date on verso
were integrated with the “Display” subseries photographs, all of which are also stamped with dates.
|
|||
Box | Folder | ||
21 | 1 | 1940s and earlier | |
21 | 2-3 | Store interiors |
circa 1940s-1980s |
21 | 4 | Soda shop |
circa 1940s-1950s |
21 | 5 | Medical office |
circa 1940s-1950s |
21 | 6 | Tea Room |
circa 1940s-1950s |
21 | 7 | 1956 August | |
21 | 8 | The Arcade
Gourmet stores, restaurants, bookstore and other spaces in the basement of downtown Seattle
store.
|
circa 1980 |
21 | 9 | Store displays
Photographs of merchandise on display inside store
|
circa 1940s-1980s |
box:oversize | |||
45 | Store displays |
circa 1940s-1980s | |
Box | Folder | ||
21 | 10 | Store displays
|
1980s |
21 | 11 | Christmas themed store displays and interior trim, store windows and
exterior decoration |
1930s-1960s |
21 | 12 | Live animals in Christmas displays |
circa 1950s |
21 | 13-14 | Store window displays |
circa 1940s-1960s |
21 | 15 | Crowds looking at store window displays |
circa 1940s |
21 | 16 | 50th Anniversary display windows |
1940 |
21 | 17 | "Milkmaid Beauty Clinic" window and store displays |
1946 |
21 | 18 | Army Corps of Engineers window display |
1946 |
21 | 19 | "Daffodils" window displays |
circa 1950s |
21 | 20 | Food Festival display in Exhibition Hall |
undated |
21 | 21 | "Round the World in Toys and Books" display 5x7 black & white negatives and contact prints
|
undated |
Events and promotions |
|||
Box | Folder | ||
21 | 22 | Luncheons and banquet events
Long time service luncheons, retirement luncheons, "Between Ourselves" luncheons, buyers' banquets,
Sponsor's Breakfast and other banquet events
|
1919-1975 |
21 | 23 | 50th anniversary celebrations |
1940 |
21 | 24 | Installation of first escalators |
1946 |
21 | 25 | Montreal World's Fair "Expo 67" themed exhibit and events
|
1967 |
21 | 26-28 | circa 1940s-1960s | |
21 | 29 | War Bonds promotions
Displays in store, store windows and exterior of store building promoting the purchase of war
bonds
|
1940s |
21 | 30 |
Santa photographs
Portraits of children sitting in Santa's lap in the Frederick & Nelson's window. Includes
several photographs in Frederick & Nelson holiday card mats.
|
1940s-1980s |
21 | 31 | 60th anniversary celebrations |
1950 |
21 | 32 | Christmas events
Santa in window, "Uncle Mistletoe" and "Aunt Holly", minstrels, choir and other Christmas events
|
circa 1940s-1960s |
21 | 33 | Men holding two calves on leads outside store |
circa 1940s |
21 | 34 | Seattle Symphony |
1950 |
21 | 35 | Women ("Seafair queens") on Frederick & Nelson parade float
|
circa 1950s |
box:oversize | |||
45 | KING radio personalities 3 photographs
Photographs of Bill O'Mara, Warren Saunders and Harry Jordan.
|
circa 1950s | |
Box | Folder | ||
21 | 36 | Horse drawn cart outside store for 65th anniversary |
1955 |
21 | 37 | 1960s | |
21 | 38 | Joseph Sjursen and seller at 5th and Pine newsstand
On verso: "Downtown beautification"
|
1960 |
21 | 39-40 |
Autograph parties
Book signings and autograph events featuring authors, entertainers, sports figures and others :
James Selvidge, Peter Schickele, James Horan, Judie Geise, Victor Borge, Richard Nixon, Ralph Bushnell Potts, Alex
Comfort, Bob Hope, Marge Stav, Eugene Kozloff, Chrystie Jenner, Desi Arnaz, Judith Guest, Tom Stockley, Mary Martin,
Charleton Heston, Robert Goulet, Judy Hymes, Merv Griffin, Jim Davis, Erma Bombeck, and others.
|
1959-1980 |
21 | 41-42 | Demonstrations, exhibits, performances and other in-store events
|
circa 1950s-1980s |
21 | 43 | Children
Includes children's events such as Raggedy Ann event, Mickey Mouse birthday event and Easter bunny
breakfasts.
|
circa 1950s-1960s |
21 | 44 | Photos for "Frederick & Nelson Story"
Photographs apparently collected for a publication titled "The Frederick & Nelson Story." Many
include typewritten captions probably intended for use in the publication. Includes images of the 1952 store remodel,
store exteriors, elevator control room, kitchen staff, disaster control center, fashion shows, events and displays.
|
1950s-1970s |
21 | 45 | Concert hall
Concert hall hung with international flags being prepared for dinner event, possibly a Frederick
& Nelson sponsored benefit.
|
circa 1960s |
21 | 46 | 75th anniversary event |
1965 |
21 | 47 | Governor Dan Evans and wife at event |
circa 1970 |
21 | 48 | Christmas displays and events 35 mm slides
|
1984; 1985 |
21 | 49 | Jane Russell photograph party 35 mm slides
|
1985 |
21 | 50 | Slides for Centennial 35 mm slides
Images of staff working on mannequin displays and making chocolates, David Sabey at event, and a
Frango ice cream sundae. Several of these photographs appear in More Than a Store, the
Frederick & Nelson centennial book by Robert Spector.
|
1989-1990 |
Marshall Fields & Co. |
|||
Box | Folder | ||
21 | 51 | Executives
Marshall Field, Hughston McBain, Ralph Bowers
|
undated |
21 | 52 | Store interiors |
1900 |
box:oversize | |||
45 | Store interiors |
1940s | |
Miscellaneous |
|||
Box | Folder | ||
21 | 53 | Photographs from Life magazine Seattle
fashion issue |
1946 |
21 | 54 | Photographs of print and television ads |
1902-1980s |
21 | 55 | Commercial photographs of products |
undated |
box:oversize | |||
45 | Frederick & Nelson float in parade |
circa 1940s | |
47 | Charities 4 photographs
Four photographs of people from various social welfare organizations, possibly charities supported by
Frederick & Nelson: Theodora Home; Seattle Day Nursery; Washington Children's Home Society; Lighthouse for the
Blind.
|
undated | |
Box | Folder | ||
21 | 56-57 | Miscellaneous |
undated |
Subseries B: Publicity Photographs
These are largely negatives and transparencies found with the publicity files.
|
|||
Box | Folder | ||
22 | 1 | Copy negatives
Copy negatives of historic photographs and store photographs mostly prior to the 1950s, many of which
were used in the centennial book More Than a Store by Robert Spector.
|
|
22 | 2 | Store displays; Christmas ornaments and gift basket Color transparencies
|
circa 1980s |
22 | 3 | Holiday gift products Color transparencies
|
circa 1980s |
22 | 4 | Merchandise: pots and pans; mattress; sofa Color transparencies
|
circa 1970s-1980s |
22 | 5 | Clothing model; store interiors and exterior Color transparencies
|
circa 1970s-1980s |
22 | 6 | Seattle Times ad; photo from 1931 Between
Ourselves 4x5 black & white negative
|
|
22 | 7 | Model in pink coat Color transparencies
|
circa 1980s |
22 | 8 | Santa with redheaded boy and girl Color transparencies
|
circa 1980s |
22 | Book: Pictorial Presentation of Frederick &
Nelson's Downstairs store
Webster and Stevens
|
||
Subseries C: "Between Ourselves"
These appear to be photographs taken or collected for publication in the staff newsletter "Between
Ourselves". Many are duplicates of photos in the "Historical photographs" subseries, or document the same events and
people. This subseries includes many contact sheets.
|
|||
Box | Folder | ||
22 | 9 | Photos for winter issue |
1960s |
22 | 10 | Photos for issue |
circa 1968 |
22 | 11 | Photos for issue |
Summer 1969 |
22 | 12-15 | Photos for issue |
1978 |
22 | 16 | Fashion show photographs |
1978 |
22 | 17 | Christmas |
1978 |
22 | 18 | Christmas |
1979 |
22 | 19 | Photos for issue |
August 1980 |
22 | 20 | Photos for issue |
October 1980 |
22 | 21 | Photos for issue |
November 1980 |
22 | 22 | Christmas |
1980 |
22 | 23 | Photos for issue |
April 1981 |
22 | 24 | Photos for issue |
May 1981 |
22 | 25 | Photos for issue |
June 1981 |
22 | 26 | Photos for issue |
1981 |
22 | 27 | Christmas |
1981 |
22 | 28 | Photos for issue |
1981 |
22 | 29 | Photos for issue |
February 1982 |
22 | 30 | Photos for issue |
March 1982 |
22 | 31 | "Cinnamon Bear" |
|
Subseries D: Centennial Book
This subseries consists of materials related to the production of the Frederick & Nelson history
More Than A Store, by Robert Spector, published for the store's centennial.
|
1990 | ||
Box | |||
22 | Centennial book materials 87 folders
These folders are organized in order by page number corresponding to the pages of the book. Each
folder contains graphic materials used on the corresponding page -- largely photographs, but also including images and
text from clippings, advertisements and letters.
Entries below represent only the portion of folders that include photographs that have been
digitized.
|
circa 1990 | |
circa 1891 | |||
undated | |||
circa 1943 | |||
circa 1948 | |||
circa 1947 | |||
circa 1948 | |||
1951 | |||
circa 1951 | |||
circa 1952 | |||
1952 | |||
22 | More Than a Store: Frederick & Nelson
1890-1990 by Robert Spector. |
1990 | |
22 | 2014.55.1: Letter and speech from first Frederick & Nelson employee, Samuel H.
Clement |
1940 | |
22 | 2014.55.2: Frederick & Nelson guide to new store after expansion |
circa 1950 | |
22 | 2014.55.3: Robert Spector's research file on Frango candy |
circa 1989 | |
box:oversize | |||
47 | Oversize materials removed from folders 7 folders
Oversized photographs, a poster and an issue of Life magazine from May 13, 1946. Folders labeled by
page number.
|
||
Subseries E: Display
Greneker Corp, NY; Dudley, Hardin & Yang; Roy M. Peak; Webster &
Stevens; Forde Photographers; Pete Liddell; Fred Milkie (photographers)
Consists largely of photographs of Frederick & Nelson store window displays and interior displays of
merchandise. Folders arranged chronologically by month and year with separate folders for each year for Christmas
displays and for occasional special events. Includes some photos of building exteriors and events in and outside of the
store
|
|||
Box | |||
23 | Store windows and displays |
1939-1943 | |
24 | Store windows and displays |
1944-1945 | |
25 | Store windows and displays |
1946-1947 | |
26 | Store windows and displays
Includes the image below, which is part of the
University of Washington Libraries Digital
Collections:
|
1948-1949 | |
1948 | |||
27 | Store windows and displays |
1950-1953 | |
28 | Store windows and displays |
1954-1957 | |
29 | Store windows and displays |
1958-1962 | |
30 | Store windows and displays |
1963-1967 | |
31 | Store windows and displays |
1968-1971; 1976 | |
31 | Undated store window and display photographs arranged by
photographer 24 folders
|
||
32-34 | Store windows and store interiors
3x5 snapshots of store windows, arranged chronologically by month and year of processing as printed on
back of photograph. Includes undated Polaroids of store interiors arranged by store location: Bellevue, Aurora Village,
Southcenter, Tacoma Mall and Everett Mall
|
1971 May-1978 March | |
34 | Joseph Charlton event slides
|
circa 1986 | |
34 | Swatch Nefertiti ads slides
|
undated | |
34 | Expo 86 press conference slides
|
1986 June 4 | |
34 | Father's Day events at store slides
|
1986 June | |
34 | Store exterior; renderings of Lakewood Mall store; store
interiors slides
|
1989 | |
34 | Christmas display slides
|
1988 | |
34 | "La France" themed displays slides
|
||
35 | Store windows
8" x 10" color photographs of window displays. Includes one folder of merchandise on display in
various departments.
22 folders arranged chronologically with three months per folder.
|
1972-1977 |
Series 6: Audiovisual materials Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Subseries A: Videotape |
||
Box | ||
36 | Frederick & Nelson "Its History and Policies" U-Matic 3/4" videocassette
|
1976 |
36 | Frederick & Nelson "Its History and Policies" 2 U-Matic 3/4" videocassettes
|
1978 |
36 | "Arcade" U-Matic 3/4" videocassette
|
1981 January |
36 | Symphoneve fashion show on King TV U-Matic 3/4" videocassette
|
1982 |
36 | "1982 Preview" |
1982 February |
37 | AMNW/Frederick & Nelson Show |
1983 March 4 |
37 | Spring Fashions Videocassette
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1984 March |
36 | "Bridal Video" and revision Produced by
Merwin Productions
U-Matic 3/4" videocassette; 2 VHS videocassettes
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1987-1988 |
36 | Christmas Rally Tape U-Matic 3/4" videocassette; VHS videocassette
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1987 |
36 | Employee videos U-Matic 3/4" videocassette; 2 VHS videocassettes
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1989 |
36 | "Mattress" U-Matic 3/4" videocassette
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37 | Television news stories about Frederick & Nelson 8 VHS videocassettes
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1987-1990 |
37 & 38 | Television commercials advertising store sales Most produced by
Evans/Kraft
27 VHS videocassettes (30-60 seconds per cassette)
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1987-1989 |
39 | Collections of short television spots 12 1 inch videotape master and submaster tapes
4 Betacam videocassettes
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37 | Television ads 2 Betacam videocassettes
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1991 |
37 | Investor and vendor video VHS videocassettes
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1989 January |
37 | "What is Frederick & Nelson" |
1989 October |
37 | "Video Conference" VHS videocassette
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1989 |
37 | "What is Frederick & Nelson" Videocassette
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1989 October |
37 | "Teleconference" VHS videocassette
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1989 November |
37 | Birthday tapes 3 Betacam videocassettes
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1900 April |
37 | International tape VHS videocassette
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1990 |
37 | "Frederick & Nelson and You" VHS videocassette
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undated |
37 | "The Customer's Choice" VHS videocassette
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undated |
Subseries B: Audiotape |
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Box | ||
40-41 | "Broadcast tapes and commercials" 80 audio cassettes
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1988-1989 |
39 | TV spots, including the Frederick & Nelson Christmas theme
4 audiotapes
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1988-1991 |
41 | Santa breakfasts |
1990 |
41 | "Mini" Nutcracker, Olympic Ballet |
undated |
Subseries C: Films 16 mm films
Items 1993.43.12-.13 and 1993.43.15-.16 appear to be in good condition but have not been viewed .
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1993.43.1-7: "Uncle Mistletoe"
Kling Studio Productions (producer)
Seven black and white films on children's puppet shows performed at store. (Additional copies on VHS
and Beta videocassettes.)
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circa 1960s | |
1993.43.9: "Frederick Nelson Presents (Invitation to Quality)" Color
Content identical to 1993.43.11
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circa 1952 | |
1993.43.10: "Private Wilbur Brown" |
circa 1950s | |
1993.43.11: "Invitation to Quality"
Criterion Films, Seattle (producer)
Color
Footage of downtown Seattle, store renovation and store interiors. Preservation performed in March
2006
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circa 1953 | |
1993.43.12: "African Safari" |
circa 1955 | |
1993.43.13: "Boehm Birds" |
circa 1965 | |
1993.43.14: "Bing Crosby's Washington".
Preservation performed in March 2006
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circa 1967 | |
1993.43.15: "Where the Governor Lives"
Historical film about preservation and renovation of Executive Mansion in Olympia, Washington.
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circa 1978 | |
1993.43.16: "You Can Win Elections" |
circa 1970s? | |
Subseries D: Phonograph Records |
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Box | ||
42 | Anniversary disc |
1939 December 29 |
43 | CBS program "Meet the Missus" at the Orpheum Theater, Seattle
2 discs
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1946 April 12 |
43 | Reception for fashion celebrities at Olympic Hotel, Seattle
2 discs
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1946 April 12 |
43 | KIRO radio program on New Bellevue store |
1955 January 31 |
43 | Frederick & Nelson "Concert Hour" 2 discs
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1955 December 1 |
43 | "Seattle Speaks Program"
Frederick & Nelson Concert Hour, 25th Anniversary Program
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1956 January 27-1956 February 1 |
43 | "Seattle Speaks Program" |
1956 January 27 |
43 | "Pay the Price" by Earl Nightingale |
circa 1956 |
43 | "The Exit Interview" |
undated |
43 | "Fashion Show Song" |
undated |
43 | "Give the Lady What She Wants" |
undated |
43 | "Interviewing the Potential Employee" |
undated |
43 | "Songs of Helen Owen Hutchins" 2 discs
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undated |
43 | The Shrimps |
undated |
43 | "Your attitude is showing" 2 discs
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undated |
Series 7: Scrapbooks Return to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
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Box | ||
44 | Scrapbook
This scrapbook contains a variety of publicity for Frederick & Nelson, such as brochures, fliers,
cards and materials that feature a Frederick & Nelson ad. The second part of the album contains comparable
materials from other department stores, mostly from Filene's and Marshall Fields. Also includes blank forms related to
employment and customer service at the store.
Scrapbook was disassembled due to deterioration.
This scrapbook was a 12"x18" 400 page hardbound ledger book; materials were attached to 53 pages. These
pages were removed and placed individually in folders in their original order. Loose items were also foldered.
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1910s |
46 | Beauty Forum scrapbook
This scrapbook documents Frederick & Nelson's second annual Beauty Forum, February 12-16, 1951
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1951 |
unboxed | Supply Purchasing Department Scrapbook 19"x 24" (oversize)
Packaging samples including boxes, bags and wrappers; also order forms, blank copies of business forms,
envelopes, stickers and tags.
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undated |
unboxed | Scrapbook oversize
Documentation portfolio for Seventeen Magazine and Frederick & Nelson Road Show
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1977 |
Publicity Scrapbooks 16 ½"x18" (oversize)
Postcards, enclosures, invitations, mailings, fliers, and catalogs are organized within the scrapbooks
chronologically by month. Each item is labeled with the date and number of copies mailed.
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Publicity scrapbook |
1951-1952 | |
Publicity scrapbook |
1955 | |
Publicity scrapbook |
1959 | |
Publicity scrapbook |
1960 | |
Publicity scrapbook |
1961 | |
Publicity scrapbook |
1962-1964 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Department store Santas--Washington (State)--Seattle
- Department stores--Washington (State)--Seattle
- Employees--Washington (State)--Seattle
- Shopping--Washington (State)--Seattle
Personal Names
- Frederick, Donald E.
- Nelson, Nels B., 1854-1907
Corporate Names
- Marshall Field & Company
Geographical Names
- Seattle (Wash.)
Form or Genre Terms
- Photographic prints